1) GE would and should be split up into it's different operating divisions while the finance subsidiary would and should be buried in a nuclear waste dump in Nevada.
2) Conglomerates are supposed to be split up during bear markets. They can then be re-assembled during the next expected bull market.
3) A break up should be a "bullish" event. We'll see.

1) GE would and should be split up into it's different operating divisions while the finance subsidiary would and should be buried in a nuclear waste dump in Nevada.
2) Conglomerates are supposed to be split up during bear markets. They can then be re-assembled during the next expected bull market.
3) A break up should be a "bullish" event. We'll see.

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From Reuters -
March 4 (Reuters) - Concerns about the health of General Electric Co's (GE.N) huge finance arm have weighed on GE shares this week, driving down the stock to its lowest level since 1991.

Analysts and investors have wrestled with the question of whether the finance arm -- which a few years ago represented one-half of GE's profits -- is adequately prepared for a surge in defaults by increasingly unemployed consumers and tottering mid-sized businesses. [ID:nN03487826]